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Dates to Remember

Undergraduate & Graduate*

Fall Term 2008

August 22-24 Wolfpack Welcome
August 25 Classes begin
August 29 Add deadline
October 24 Withdraw deadline
& last day to apply for graduation
December 5 Last day of classes
December 6-12 Final Exams

Spring Term 2009

January 9 New Student Orientation
January 12 Classes begin
January 16 Add deadline
March 13 Withdraw deadline
& last day to apply for graduation
April 28 Last day of classes
May 1-7 Final Exams
May 9 Commencement - all colleges

*College of Law dates on Law Bulletin

College of Social Sciences

DEAN: Luis Mirón, Ph.D, Office: 210 Stallings Hall
ASSISTANT DEAN: Angie B. Hoffer, M.A., Office: 211B Stallings Hall
ACADEMIC COUNSELOR: Teri Berthelot, Office 211C Stallings Hall
WEB PAGE: css.loyno.edu/

BACHELOR DEGREES

The college offers the bachelor of arts degree in criminal justice, mass communications, political science, and sociology; bachelor of liberal studies in social sciences (for nontraditional students); bachelor of criminal justice; and bachelor of science in nursing for registered nurses returning to school. Students who wish to earn a bachelor’s degree through programs not regularly available in the College of Social Sciences may consult the assistant dean about the possibility of a contract degree.

COLLEGE REQUIREMENTS FOR DEGREE

The following requirements must be met for a degree from the College of Social Sciences:

Successful completion of an approved degree program within the college.
At least a 2.0 Loyola cumulative average, major average, and minor average, if minor is pursued. (Some departments may have more stringent requirements.)
Completion of the Common or Core Curriculum requirements, depending upon the student’s program of study.
Completion of the foreign language requirement (not applicable to nontraditional students).
Completion of at least one course that meets the college’s Cultural/Environmental/Gender/Ethnic studies requirement.
Completion of all course requirements specified by major department.
Completion of at least 30 hours in the major (some departments require more.)
Certification for graduation by the student’s department.
Completion of a comprehensive or exit examination in the major for those departments requiring a comprehensive/exit examination. Such departments will establish and publish in advance the nature of the comprehensive/exit examination and the standard for acceptable performance.
Completion of the last 30 hours of course work at Loyola.
Residency requirements: a minimum of 30 hours at Loyola University; a minimum of 12 hours in the major and 9 hours in the minor (if pursued); a minimum of 12 hours in the Common or Core Curriculum requirements depending upon the student's program of study.

CURRICULUM DESIGN

The curriculum is designed to provide students with a broad education in the arts, natural sciences and social sciences in the Jesuit, Catholic tradition. It is also aimed at providing them with depth in at least one area of study, their major. And, in all, it seeks to sharpen their abilities to think critically and to act justly in the modern world.

The curriculum is divided into five parts.

Part One-Major

The major consists of a series of courses in one subject area—usually 30 to 40 credit hours. Majors are described in the department sections.

Part Two-Adjunct/Minor Courses

Some fields may require a limited set of courses in areas that are allied to the major and complement it. Sociology, for example, is considered necessary for the criminal justice major and psychology for the nursing student. Some of these courses are specifically named under degree programs; others are selected in consultation with the student’s adviser or chairperson. Students in Mass Communication are required take a minor in another field—usually 18 to 21 hours of course work specified by individual departments; students taking other majors may select a minor.

Part Three-Common Curriculum

Common Curriculum: The Common Curriculum complements the major and adjunct courses by providing a broad humanistic dimension to every undergraduate’s program. The program contains introductory and advanced courses.

INTRODUCTORY COURSES (T122 — T129)

Beginning students must take each of the following eight courses (24 cr. hrs.):

English Composition T122	Critical Reading/Writing
English T125	The Emerging Self
History T122 and T124	World Civilization I and World Civilization II
Mathematics T122*	Math Models
Philosophy T122	Introduction to Philosophy
Religious Studies T122	Introduction to World Religions
Science T122	(Biology, Chemistry, or Physics)

* A different mathematics course may be designated by the student’s department.

ADVANCED COURSES (U-Z 130-199)

Students elect eight courses (24 cr. hrs.) with two each in philosophy and religious studies, one in behavior/social sciences, one in humanities/arts, excluding philosophy and religious studies, one in natural science, and one more from any of the above areas. Two of the advanced courses must be labeled pre-modern. Students may not take Common Curriculum courses for Common Curriculum credit from their major departments. Students may check their progress in fulfilling Common Curriculum requirements in the “On Course” section of LORA, with their academic advisers or with the assistant dean of the College of Social Sciences. Only courses designated as Common Curriculum in registration materials fulfill requirements of the program. The advanced courses are under three major divisions: behavioral/social sciences, humanities/arts, and natural sciences. Courses are either modern or pre-modern within these divisions. The three divisions are as follows:

Behavioral/Social Sciences
Mass Communication	Political Science
Economics	Psychology
Education	Sociology
History
Humanities/Arts
Theatre Arts	Philosophy
Classical Studies	Religious Studies
English	Visual Arts
Modern Foreign Languages	Music
Natural Sciences
Biology	Mathematics
Chemistry	Physics

The advanced courses offered each semester are selected from the courses listed below and additional new courses as they are approved. Course descriptions are found in listings under subject categories.

BEHAVIORAL/SOCIAL SCIENCES

Pre-modern Courses

HIST	W130	Zen I
HIST	W139	Catholics: Their History
HIST	W140	Between Eve and Mary: Women in Medieval Europe
HIST	W142	Slavery/Race Relations
HIST	W151	Archaeology and Society
HIST	W152	Social History of Greece and Rome
HIST	W166	The Quest for Empire
HIST	W186	Discovering Africa
POLS	W149	Ancient and Medieval Political Thought
SOCI	W240	Development of Social Thought

Modern Courses

CMMN	X136	Understanding Media
CMMN	X137	Media Play
ECON	X130	Economics and Society
EDUC	X130	Culture and Learning
HIST	X132	Russian Culture and Civilization I
HIST	X136	Zen II
HIST	X140	Italian Culture and Civilization
HIST	X141	Drugs, Terrorism, and Democracy
HIST	X143	Social Revolutions in Latin America
HIST	X144	Discovering the Third World
HIST	X145	Crisis in Central America
HIST	X146	American Revolution
HIST	X154	Palestinians and Israelis
HIST	X156	Hero in American History
HIST	X160	WWI in History and Literature
HIST	X161	Autobiography as History
HIST	X164	American Left in the Twentieth Century
HIST	X170	The American Character
HIST	X180	African-American Culture and History
HIST	X190	Women in American History
POLS	X134	Politics and Corruption
POLS	X146	Politics and Society
POLS	X152	The Bill of Rights
POLS	X154	American Political Ideas
POLS	X156	The Urban Form
POLS	X158	Global Political Issues
POLS	X159	Politics and the Media
PSYC	X130	Models of Human Behavior
SOCI	X232	Social Problems
SOCI	X234	Social Policy and the Christian
SOCI	X235	Environment and Society
SOCI	X236	Global Environmental Crisis
SOCI	X240	Global Sociology
SOCI	X245	Peoples of Latin America
SOCI	X250	Encountering the Caribbean
SOCI	X252	Violence in Society
SOCI	X255	Race and Ethnic Conflict

HUMANITIES/ARTS
Pre-modern Courses

CLHU	U132	Socrates and Jesus
CLHU	U138	Justice in Greek Literature
CLHU	U142	The Development of Greek Tragedy
CLHU	U144	The Greek and Roman Epics
CLHU	U146	Greek Mythology
CLHU	U148	Greek Art and Archaeology
CLHU	U150	Roman Art and Archaeology
CLHU	U156	Greek Elegies and Lyrics
CLHU	U157	Greek Culture
CLHU	U158	Roman Culture
CLHU	U160	Pandora’s Daughters
CLHU	U163	Greek and Roman Comedy
CLHU	U165	Pagans and Christians
CLHU	U168	Roman Republic
CLHU	U170	The Later Roman Empire
CLHU	U172	The Early Roman Empire
CLHU	U174	The Byzantine Empire
CLHU	U175	The Ancient Novel
CLHU	U180	Ancient Mystery Cults
DRAM	U130	World Theatre I
ENGL	U130	Renaissance Masterworks
ENGL	U132	Visions of Utopia
ENGL	U149	The Idea of the Self
ENGL	U188	The World of the Vikings
ENGL	U189	Chaucer and His World
ENGL	U195	The Legend of Robin Hood
ENGL	U199	Arthurian Legend
JPNS	U150	Culture in Pre-modern Japan
MUGN	U168	Introduction to Western Art Music
PHIL	U130	Aesthetics
PHIL	U137	Indian Philosophy
PHIL	U138	Philosophy and Literature
PHIL	U139	Divine Madness
PHIL	U154	Postmodernism and Feminism
PHIL	U158	Philosophical Anthropology
PHIL	U160	Worldviews and Ethics
PHIL	U162	Classics in Moral Literature
RELS	U133	Zen I
RELS	U134	Christian Mysticism
RELS	U136	Parables of Jesus
RELS	U139	Experience of Grace
RELS	U143	Woman in Christian Tradition
RELS	U145	Bible and Modern Issues
RELS	U146	Judaism
RELS	U147	New Testament as Literature
RELS	U148	Christian Origins
RELS	U149	Old Testament as Literature
RELS	U153	Hindu Paths to God
RELS	U155	The Prophetic Traditions
RELS	U159	Jesus in New Testament
RELS	U163	The Ancient Mind
RELS	U165	Spiritual Ways of China
RELS	U169	Death: Comparative Views
RELS	U170	Poets and Sages: Old Testament
RELS	U175	The Bible and Creation
RELS	U177	Buddhism
RELS	U181	Women in the World Religions
RELS	U185	Heresies and Heretics
RELS	U186	Medieval Synthesis
RELS	U188	Sin: History of an Idea
RELS	U196	Law: Ancient World
RELS	U199	Apocalyptic Literature
VISA	U130	Medieval Art
VISA	U136	Images of Women in Arts
VISA	U143	The Art and History of the Book

Modern Courses

DRAM	V132	World Theatre II
DRAM	V142	Black Theatre to 1940
DRAM	V143	Black Theatre: 1940 — Present
DRAM	V144	American Myth and Drama
DRAM	V150	American Lyrical Theatre
DRAM	V160	Theatre in Contemporary Culture
ENGL	V134	Literature and Justice
ENGL	V144	Screen Power
ENGL	V150	Myth and Literature
ENGL	V154	Women in American Literature
ENGL	V159	Romantic Words/Pictures
ENGL	V169	Multicultural Literature
ENGL	V170	The American Character
ENGL	V173	The African Novel
ENGL	V174	Women’s Literature
ENGL	V175	Black Women Novelists
ENGL	V176	Literary Modernism
ENGL	V177	Harlem Renaissance
ENGL	V178	Black Thought and Art
ENGL	V179	Feminist Readings
ENGL	V180	Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature
ENGL	V185	Contemporary Catholic Writers
ENGL	V192	The Sixties Through Literature
FREN	V140	France and the Modern Experience
JPNS	V151	Culture in Early Modern Japan
JPNS	V152	Modern Japanese Culture
JPNS	V153	Japanese Animation and Culture
LING	V134	Role of Language
PHIL	V134	Medical Ethics
PHIL	V135	Philosophy of Right
PHIL	V140	European World Views
PHIL	V141	Philosophical Perspective on Woman
PHIL	V143	Environmental Philosophy
PHIL	V144	Philosophy of Law
PHIL	V150	Relativism
PHIL	V152	Making Moral Decisions
PHIL	V164	Scientific Revolutions
PHIL	V170	Philosophy of Knowledge
PHIL	V173	Auschwitz and After
PHIL	V177	Minds and Machines
PHIL	V178	Philosophy of God
PHIL	V180	Freedom and Oppression
PHIL	V186	Religious Experience and Philosophy
PHIL	V198	Ethics of Sex/Marriage
RELS	V130	Faith, Science, and Religion
RELS	V142	Christian Ethics
RELS	V144	Social Policy and the Christian
RELS	V151	Protestant Christianity
RELS	V152	Catholicism
RELS	V158	Ignatius Loyola
RELS	V160	Discovering Islam
RELS	V164	20th-century Religious Thought
RELS	V167	Native American Religions
RELS	V168	Mystery of Suffering
RELS	V187	Feminism and Theology
RELS	V191	The Mass of the Roman Rite
RELS	V198	Psychology and Religion
SPAN	V135	Women Writers of Spanish America
SPAN	V161	Latin American Thought
VISA	V138	Romantic Vision
VISA	V140	Modernism in Art and Literature
VISA	V141	Art in Contemporary Culture
VISA	V142	Architecture and Society
MUGN	V142	History of Dance
MUGN	V172	Jazz in American Culture

NATURAL SCIENCES
Modern Courses

BIOL	Z130	Human Ecology
BIOL	Z132	Impact of Biology on Society
BIOL	Z136	Evolution
BIOL	Z138	Genetics and Society
BIOL	Z142	Microbes: Friend or Foe?
BIOL	Z144	Mississippi River Delta Ecology
CHEM	Z130	World Food and Nutrition
COSC	Z132	The Computer Impact
MATH	Z132	Problem Solving in Ecology
PHYS	Z130	Faith, Science, and Religion
PHYS	Z134	Astronomy

Part Four–Foreign Language (Traditional students only)

All students who enter B.A. or B.S. degree programs (either as freshmen or as transfers) will be required to pass a second-semester course in a foreign language or demonstrate equivalent knowledge by placing into a higher level on a departmental examination. See full explanation under Foreign Language Requirements elsewhere in this bulletin.

Part Five–General Electives (Traditional students)/Free Electives (Nontraditional students)

Electives: It is important that students have considerable freedom to choose those courses or series of courses that interest them so that their education may be rich and full. The number of hours students may elect depends to a large extent on the major. See statements below for limitations on elective credit.

CORE CURRICULUM for Nontraditional Students

Core courses–are those courses that ensure the degree-seeking student a well-rounded education in the liberal arts tradition. All degree-seeking students have the following core course requirements (42 hours total):

Foundations:
Writing	ENGL T122	3
Philosophy	PHIL T122	3
Religious Studies	RELS T122	3
Literature	ENGL T125	3
Liberal Arts and Sciences:
Social Sciences	HIST T122 or HIST T124	3
Two social science electives from two different disciplines		6
Mathematics	MATH A115, Math A117, MATH T122 or approved Math elective	3
Natural Science	science elective	3
Arts/Humanities	fine arts elective	3
literature elective		3
philosophy elective		3
religious studies elective		3
Liberal Arts elective		3

SOCIAL SCIENCES LIMITATIONS ON CREDIT TOWARD DEGREES:

Transfer work:

Remedial work taken at Loyola or at other institutions will not apply to Social Sciences degree programs.
The dean’s office will determine the applicability of the student’s transfer credit as accepted by the Office of Admissions to the Social Sciences degree programs.

Other:

Students may not go back and do freshman-level work in a subject in which they have already successfully completed a more advanced course.
No more than 20 hours (12 hours for nontraditional students) may be taken in any one semester without the authorization of the dean.
No more than six hours may be taken in any one summer term without authorization of the dean.
Social Sciences students must obtain prior written permission of their adviser and/or department chair and the dean in order to take courses at another university (summer school, study abroad, etc.). Permission will not be given to students on academic probation.
Courses in physical education will not apply to the degree programs in Social Sciences.

DOUBLE MAJORS

Qualified students who have completed two full semesters of their freshman year and have earned a minimum GPA of 3.0 may pursue two majors within the College of Social Sciences. Such students must successfully complete the Common Curriculum requirements of the first major as well as the major and named adjunct requirements for both declared degree programs of study as set forth in the Undergraduate Bulletin. Students must successfully complete the comprehensive or exit examination requirements for both majors if the departments require a comprehensive or exit examination. Students who complete the requirements for two majors will receive only one degree from Loyola. The transcript, however, will indicate which bachelor’s degree was awarded as well as the two majors that were completed. Students interested in pursuing a double major should consult with the assistant dean.